vacation part 1

yeah for vacation!!

my college roomie had her first baby just in time for me to see him before i left ames. his name is Elijah Joel and I'm stoked to get to know him more as he grows! i'm exited to see Bjo and Curtis learn how to parent!

cute little man

Amy and I went to the zoo. we could tell that it was a monday during the school year since it was us and a ton of people under the age of 5. the animals were way more active than normal which was pretty sweet ... maybe they were exited for smaller crowds-we were.

this is a lemur in a new Madagascar exhibit. you walk in and they can run everywhere (hence the clean you hands sign). it was fun ... they said one of the lemurs escaped a few weeks ago.

Amy and a shark!

The jungle

the gorillas were sooo much fun. i could have watched them all day. one was splashing in the water, another would have knocked a few of my teeth out (or my head off) if there wasn't glass between us, and another spent the whole time we were watching him trying to get something out of his teeth.

let's just say it took us a long time for us to take a pic of ourselves with the giraffes in the background ... but mission accomplished.

cute little 2 month old tiger!

more pics to come .... enjoy!